2019 Oscars: What ‘will win,’ ‘should win’ and ‘should have been nominated’ in all 24 categories

I have revealed my winner predictions for the 91st Academy Awards in all 24 categories (which you can find here) and I include them all here but now also unveil what and who I think should win and should have been nominated in the craziest Oscar year I can remember.

BEST PICTURE
Will win: Roma
Should win: Roma
Should have been nominated: If Beale Street Could Talk

DIRECTOR
Will win: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Should win: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Should have been nominated: Debra Granik, Leave No Trace

ACTOR
Will win: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Should win: Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Should have been nominated: Brady Jandreau, The Rider

ACTRESS
Will win: Glenn Close, The Wife
Should win: Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Should have been nominated: Toni Collette, Hereditary

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will win: Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Should win: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Should have been nominated: Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will win: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Should win: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Should have been nominated: Elizabeth Debicki, Widows

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will win: BlacKkKlansman
Should win: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Should have been nominated: Leave No Trace

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will win: The Favourite
Should win: The Favourite
Should have been nominated: Eighth Grade

FILM EDITING
Will win: Bohemian Rhapsody
Should win: BlacKkKlansman
Should have been nominated: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will win: Roma
Should win: Roma
Should have been nominated: If Beale Street Could Talk

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will win: The Favourite
Should win: Black Panther
Should have been nominated: Paddington 2

COSTUME DESIGN
Will win: Black Panther
Should win: Black Panther
Should have been nominated: If Beale Street Could Talk

ORIGINAL SCORE
Will win: If Beale Street Could Talk
Should win: If Beale Street Could Talk
Should have been nominated: Mandy

ORIGINAL SONG
Will win: “Shallow,” A Star Is Born
Should win: “All the Stars,” Black Panther
Should have been nominated: “Revelation,” Boy Erased

SOUND EDITING
Will win: Black Panther
Should win: First Man
Should have been nominated: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

SOUND MIXING
Will win: Bohemian Rhapsody
Should win: A Star Is Born
Should have been nominated: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Will win: Vice
Should win: Border
Should have been nominated: Black Panther

VISUAL EFFECTS
Will win: Avengers: Infinity War
Should win: First Man
Should have been nominated: Paddington 2

ANIMATED FEATURE
Will win: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Should win: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Should have been nominated: Ruben Brandt, Collector

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Will win: Free Solo
Should win: Minding the Gap
Should have been nominated: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Will win: Roma
Should win: Roma
Should have been nominated: Burning

ANIMATED SHORT
Will win: Bao
Should win: Bao
Should have been nominated: Lost & Found

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Will win: End Game
Should win: Period. End of Sentence
Should have been nominated: My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes

LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Will win: Marguerite
Should win: Marguerite
Should have been nominated: Caroline

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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